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Reed finds success with new pitch

Reed finds success with new pitch

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090411 Addison Reed

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ARLINGTON -- Addison Reed didn't start throwing a cutter until about a month ago, when White Sox bullpen coach Juan Nieves was playing around with his pitch grips and had him throw it. The rookie right-hander broke out about three or four during his scoreless seventh in Friday's 3-2 loss and liked the results.

"I've liked it ever since I threw it for the first time in the 'pen," said Reed. "It's a pitch that is still developing, but I feel pretty good about it. It's not that much different from my slider, grip-wise and the way you throw it."

Reed had been focusing on refining his changeup during the early portion of Spring Training. But he stuck to fastballs and cutters in retiring the Rangers' Yorvit Torrealba and Ian Kinsler on fly balls and catching David Murphy looking. Reed does plan to work the changeup back into rotation this season.

"Once I start seeing teams more often," Reed said. "That way they aren't just sitting on the two pitches. They see I have that third pitch and I can throw it for a strike."